|
Last updated 11-14-08
A new year, a new start on the reports. You can still read the
reports from 2005, 2006, and
2007 if you'd
like. I'm just doing a bit of housekeeping so this page doesn't get too monstrously large.
November-14-08 184.5, down .5 pounds from last week.
Still hovering where I have been for the past forever, and I'm getting a bunch
of time off for the holidays. At this point, I'm just hoping I maintain till the new years rolls around.
November-07-08 185, up one pound from last week.
It was much, much worse earlier in the week, when I made it up to 189.
I've been craving salty food like mad, and I had a few moments of weakness with the
Halloween candy chocolate. It could have been worse, I guess, but it sure wasn't good.
October-31-08 184, down two pounds from last week.
Up and down, up and down. Better than just going up, certainly.
But I really want to focus on going down, just down. I don't want to creep up to the over 200's again, ever!
October-24-08 184, same as last week.
I only work two days next week, which has me a bit nervous for the next weigh in.
I'm going to make a big pot of veggie and beef soup and see if I can limit the damage by having
that instead of reaching for the halloween candy my husband has lying around!
October-17-08 186, same as last week.
Well, sorta. I mean, it was I woke up for work, which is what I take as my "official"
weekly weight. But now, coming home from work, I find myself at a trim 184.5.
I was tempted to report that instead! But no, fair is fair.
No fudging on the truth or the numbers. *sigh*
October-10-08 186, up 2.5 pounds from last week.
Ugh. I was pretty surprised when I saw that this morning.
I had been holding around 184 pretty much all week, then Bam! For no apparent reason.
My body must be under the impression that it gets to hibernate this winter or something.
October-03-08 183.5, up half a pound from last week.
Not sure why, it didn't seem like I was eating like crazy this week.
Well, up until the potluck at work yesterday. I had been feeling starved all day,
and just said, "to heck with it" and dove in. Well, I have a whole week to undo that damage.
I hope it can be done!
September-26-08 183, down half a pound from last week.
I think that I would have done even better had I not had gone a bit overboard over my new
permanent three day weekend. Still need to work on being more focused during that time.
I'm finding it easier to stick to the right way of eating during the 4 day week.
Next week, we go to 10 hour days instead of 9, so even less time to mindlessly munch after work!
September-19-08 183.5, down half a pound since,
oh, I dunno... about a month. It's nice to see the scale finally move, and in
the right direction too. I think I'm starting to adjust to my new work hours,
though the longer weekend is still a challenge. Since my husband is at work when I come home now, I'm
finding that I have fewer distractions from working out, and have actually started lifting weights again.
I'm not particularly gung-ho about it, but I do feel sore in my torso and arms, so I know I'm doing something!
September-12-08 184, same as last week. I'm actually doing
a bit better than I thought I would be, since I am adjusting to new work hours that give a
3 day weekend every week. I'm doing great during the week, but I kinda blew it last weekend.
I just have to get into new habits, and start losing instead of just maintaining!
September-05-08 184, same as last week. Rather
than talk about my weight this week, I'd rather say something a bit more personal. Some
of you might have seen the pics page of my webpage. In some of these, there is an
orange and white cat named Albondigas. He wasn't doing well. He had numerous
infections requiring several vet trips, but they weren't doing much good. He was sleeping
all the time, losing weigh, and walking as if he were in pain. On the last vet trip,
they did the test for feline HIV, and he was positive. He wasn't going have any more good days.
The right choice is not always a good choice.
Albondigas, you were a very good and dear friend to me for the past 15 years. You were loved, and you will be missed.
August-28-08 184, same as last week.
Not a gain, so I'm putting this in the "ok week" catagory. Not sure what my
new hours will do to my new way of life, but I'm going to strive to stay as close
to my current way of doing things as possible. But there might be a period of
adjustment where I have a tough time. I know that will just be temporary, though, and not a huge setback.
August-22-08 184, down two pounds from last week.
Well, at least I'm not going up every week. I knew that when I started my new way of life that
at times the struggle would be harder than at others. At least I'm not burying my
head in the sand, ignoring the bad news and letting it get worse and worse.
August-15-08 186, up 3.5 pounds from two weeks ago.
I don't know why I'm having such a hard time with the 180's this time. I've gotten out of them fairly easy in the past.
I'm discouraged that this is such a struggle, but discouragement isn't the same as quitting.
August-08-08 Went to a Weird Al Yankovic concert, and didn't hop on the scale first.
Had fun. Ate a waffle afterwards. Yeah, that's how I roll.
August-01-08 182.5, down 1 and a half pounds from last week.
I've been feeling centered and motivated all week, and not having too much trouble with self control.
Which is good, since this business of regaining weight just doesn't work for me. I need to get back
down to my real, correct weight again. I just don't feel right when I'm in the 180's.
July-24-08 184, same as last week. It's been an odd week.
I was up around 186 for most up it, and up to 187 yesterday. Even though I thought
I as staying on plan pretty well. Then last night, a sudden 3 pound drop.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a pro at managing my weight, and other times I feel just clueless.
July-17-08 184, up two pounds from last week.
Since I'm actually working on a Friday morning instead of sleeping in for several hours (I'm not
exactly a "morning person, even when my morning begins at 8 PM), this might not be as big a rise
as it seems. It still isn't good, of course, but doubt that I have gain two pounds
of fat this time. But, of course, I do have to cut back some more.
July-11-08 182, down half a pound from last week.
Better than I was expecting, but still not what I would call great.
I know that I'm eating more than I should. I wish I could get some sort of willpower transplant or something!
July-04-08 182.5, up 1 pound from last week. Not too surprising,
I had a few moments of weakness. And with a four day weekend this next weigh in might not be great either.
One good point, I did go for my yearly checkup today and was told that my blood pressure and heart rate were "Simply perfect."
A nice reminder that even if I am in a perpetual struggle, I am doing myself some real, tangible good.
June-26-08 181.5, down 2 pounds from last week. Better.
Not good enough, but better. I know that 179.5 is just an arbitrary number on the
scale, but it's the one that I've picked as my "absolutely intolerable if I get above" number.
And I'm glad that this is so deeply ingrained into me. I might have good periods and bad,
but I know that I'll never, ever give up and go back to my old weight of 258.
June-19-08 183.5, down 1 pound from last week.
Yay, I can finally report a loss instead of a gain! Boo, I'm still over 180!
But at least I know that I that the upward swing has stopped, and I'm committed to being back in the 170's again.
June-12-08 184.5, up 3.5 pounds from two weeks ago (on vacation last Friday, so no weigh in then.)
Well, I sorta expected this, though I'm not happy about it. My comfort zone really is under 180.
This just simply isn't acceptable, and it stops now. I've told my husband that I'm going back into hardcore diet mode,
and that he's going to have to fend for himself more now. Last night dinner, garbanzo bean and rice fruited curry.
No more letting things slide! Onward and downward!
May-16-08 179.5, up two pounds from last week.
Ugh. I've been feeling very unmotivated lately, and it's showing up on the scale real fast.
Well, regardless of how I feel, I have to do something constructive. I do not want to be in the 180's again!
May-08-08 177.5, up one pound from last week, and pretty
steady to where I've been holding for the past what, 6 months now? I've never been a big fan of the
"set point" theory, but man, this kind of consistency is hard to explain away. I'm not
thrilled about this, but at least I'm stuck in the 170's, rather than the 250+'s that I spent most of
my adult life at. Maybe I have two set points? Naw, that doesn't make sense either!
May-02-08 176.5, down a pound from last week. Dunno,
I took a day off and slept late, so that might now be "real". But, it's better than a gain. So, good week for me!
April-24-08 177.5, same as last week. Given how the previous two weeks went,
I guess I'll be content with that. I have weird feelings about my weight now. On one hand
I annoyed that I can't seem to get any closer to goal, but on the other I'm not all that unhappy to be at the weight I am.
I guess part of my brain is looking in the mirror and saying "Eh, this isn't so bad. No sense knocking yourself out."
But, I still like to believe that the conscious part of me is in charge around here.
April-17-08 177.5, up a pound and a half from last week. Been having very strong urges to eat more
than usual this week. Been sticking to healthy choices, but just simply eating too much of them. I think that part of my
head is broken on this issue.
April-10-08 176, up half a pound from last week.
And I don't really know why. I didn't have any major out lapses that would account for it.
This is kind of a bummer. Oh well, next week, and all that same same.
April-03-08 175.5, down 2.5 pounds from last week. Which is good, of course,
but still higher than my lowest weight. But it does feel much better to be to accurate say "I'm in the mid 170's", so I guess I won't complain.
March-27-08 178, up 3 pounds from last week. Well.
I did go off plan a couple time of times, but not enough to account for a 3 pound gain. I hate having fluctuations like this.
But I know I will correct this.
March-20-08 175, down .5 pounds from last week. Not great, not terrible, but I'll take it.
I'm a bit concerned for next week since I have a 3 day weekend starting tomorrow, and my husband and I are planning on going out to eat a
couple of times. I don't want to have a bad week, but if I do, I know it will just be a temporary blip.
March-13-08 175.5, down 1.5 pounds from last week.
The biggest drop that I've had in a long, long time, and I hope that it won't be that long till it happens again.
Recent I saw a post on the 3 Fat Chicks forums where some said something to effect of "People who go off
their diets on the weekends are called maintainers", and it struck a cord. I have been
doing that, and I have been maintaining for quite a while. Well, no more.
I will be seeing the 160's for the first time in 20 years, and I will be seeing them soon.
March-06-08 177, up half a pound from last week. There
is no particular reason I see why I should have a gain this week, save that I seem to have sort of mental roadblock
about getting to/under 175. But I have to get over that. It's frustrating, because I know
it would just take one or two good weeks to be there. Well, I focus on making next week on of those.
February-28-08 176.5, down half a pound from last week.
Well, on one hand, I'm not real inclined to complain about any loss, no matter how small. On the other,
well, I'd really like to put the 180's deeper behind me. We'll see how it looks next week.
February-22-08 177, down half a pound from last week.
Another of those weeks where I thought I would have to report a gain, then had a drastic twelfth hour loss.
I got snowed in had to skip work, but woke up at the normal time and got this week's weight. I went back
to bed for a few hours and woke up at 175.5! Not claiming it because it is an "artificial" low, but man, was it nice seeing it!
February-14-08 177.5, up .5 pounds from last week. Not good, but given
that I took a four day weekend (darned snow days!) not as bad as it could have been. It's weird, anything 180 or
above and I feel fat, fat, beluga whale fat. I see any weight that starts with a 17, and I feel ok.
Not great, but not terrible. The difference could only be .5 pounds, and I would feel that way.
Well, one day I'll feel that way about the 160's!
February-08-08 177, down half a pound from last week.
What an odd, odd week. I was at about 179 for all of it. I was sure I was going to have
to report a gain. Then yesterday I drop two pounds for no apparent reason. I think it would
be so much easier if weight loss were always linear. Any ways, mid 170's, here I come!
February-01-08 177.5, down 1 pound from last week. Well, sorta.
We had a snow day here in beautiful wilds of East Missouri, and I took a day off to build snowmen, go sledding, and not crash my car into trees.
Okay, mostly the last one. Anyways, I stayed up way later than I normally do, woke up way later too.
My weight was about 175.5 when I finally dragged myself out of bed. But...
I did weigh myself close to the time I normally do for the weekly "real" weight, and that's the number I'm going with.
I hope I see the other number real soon though!
January-24-08 178.5, up half a pound from last week. This sounds odd,
but I'm happy with this. My father in Law died last Friday night, and I was out of town for the funeral.
I was pretty bummed by the whole thing, and didn't focus on my diet at all. We ate in restaurants, we ate funeral food and lots of it,
and I even ate a few donuts. And no exercise at all, of course. The damage is much less than I thought it would be.
Next week, back on course!
Janurary-17-08 178, down 1 pound from last week.
Happy about this, but still bummed that I gained that weight at the end of last year.
I've already covered this territory! Well, at least things are moving along in the right direction now
January-10-08 179, down .5 pounds from last week. Well, second week
of the new year and a second drop, which is good. Only half a pound, which is disappointing. I'm going to
have to be a bit more disciplined than this. I want to be deep into the 170's... and soon!
I see I made a typo in my log last week and reported my weight as 175.5, instead of the correct 179.5. I wish! Mistake corrected.
January-03-08 179.5, down 2 pounds from last week.
Finally, back in the 170's where I belong. I've gone back to counting calories
and logging my food. I'm making a real effort this year to finally lose these
stubborn last 40. And I know I'm going to make good headway.
|